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Baseball Evolution's Daily Top 10
by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com
August 8, 2007

Every weekday, Richard Van Zandt provides three Top 10 lists: One for pitchers, one for hitters, and one miscellaneous list. Enjoy!


2007
Daily Top 10 Lists

April: 18 | 19 | 20

23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27

30 May: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18

21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25

28 | 29 | 30 | 31

June: 1

4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22

25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29

July: 2 | 3 | 5 | 6

9 | 10 | 11/12 | 13

16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20

23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27

30 | 31

August: 1 | 2 | 3

6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17

20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24

27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

September:

4 | 5 | 6 | 7

10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14

17 | 18 | 19 | 21

24 | 25 | 27 | 28

October:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Pitchers – Top Ten - % of Inherited Runners Scored
10. Brian Shouse – Mil – 16.1% (9 IRS / 56 IR)
9. Bobby Sea – Det – 14.3 (4 / 28)
8. Sean Green – Sea – 11.8 (4 / 34)
7. Rafael Betancourt – Cle – 11.5 (3 / 26)
6. Joe Beimel – LAD – 9.1 (3 / 33)
4t. Steve Kline – SF – 8.7 (2 / 23)
4t. Willie Eyre – Tex – 8.7 (2 / 23)
3. Michael Wuertz – ChC – 7.7 (2 / 26)
2. Frank Francisco – Tex – 6.9 (2 / 29)
1. Carlos Marmol – ChC – 3.7 (1 / 27)

Hitters – Top Ten - % of First Pitches Swung at

10. Scott Hatteberg – Cin – 13.6% (45 Swings / 330 First Pitches)
9. Casey Blake – Cle – 12.9 (63 of 488)
8. Albert Pujols – StL – 12.7 (61 of 479)
7. Luis Castillo – Min/NYM – 12.4 (48 of 386)
6. Bobby Abreu – NYY – 12.2 (60 of 493)
5. Jason Kendall – Oak/ChC – 12.1 (38 of 313)
4. J.J. Hardy – Mil – 9.1 (41 of 453)
3. Kevin Youkilis – Bos – 8.7 (40 of 458)
2. Reggie Willits – LAA – 8.0 (30 of 374)
1. Johnny Damon – NYY – 7.9 (34 of 428)

Miscellaneous – Top Five – Winning Percentage in 1-Run Games

5. Detroit Tigers - .571 (20-15)
4. Los Angeles Dodgers - .583 (21-15)
3. Washington Nationals - .588 (20-14)
2. Arizona Diamondbacks - .625 (25-15)
1. New York Mets - .714 (15-6)

Miscellaneous – Bottom Five – Winning Percentage in 1-Run Games

5. St. Louis Cardinals - .409 (9-13)
4. Colorado Rockies - .407 (11-16)
3. New York Yankees - .400 (10-15)
2. Baltimore Orioles - .290 (9-22)
1. Philadelphia Phillies - .240 (6-19)


Disagree with something? Got something to add? Wanna bring up something totally new? Richard resides in San Francisco, California and can be reached at richard@baseballevolution.com.

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